Janis Smedins absorbs a dig in three-star play in Jurmala, Latvia/FIVB photo

The home team, second-seeded Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins of Latvia, won the gold medal Sunday at the FIVB men’s only three-star beach tournament in Jurmala, Latvia.

Samoilovs and Smedins followed up winning last week’s Moscow gold medal by defeating Kusti Nolvak and Mart Tiisaar of Estonia 23-21, 21-14 in the final, winning the $10,000 top prize without dropping a set.

Patterson and Budinger won their pool, earning a first round bye. They defeated No. 8 Mathias Berntsen and former Hawai’i player Hendrik Mol of Norway (15-21, 21-15, 15-13) but couldn’t get past Dziadkou and Piatrushka (19-21, 21-16, 15-13).

Evans and Kolinske defeated No. 29 Vid Jakopin and Tadej Bozenk of Slovakia, but were defeated by Nolvak and Tiisaar in the second round (21-15, 22-20).